Moolah Temple

Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine
Location:	3821 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri
Built:	1912-1914

The Moolah Temple of the Mystic Shrine is a historic, substantial building located at 3821 Lindell, in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built in 1912 for use as a meeting place, and is "a brick and tile building in the Moorish style.^[1]

It was built by the Moolah Shriners as the 28th Shrine Temple to be chartered. Moolah Temple as a name also refers to the organization, which met in the late 19th century at various Freemasons buildings. In 1912 the organization took steps towards forming its own building. The Lindell Boulevard location was chosen and Ernest Helfenstellar, Jr., of Hirsh and Watson, was chosen as architect. The building was used by the Moolah Temple until 1988, when it relocated to a renovated junior high school on Fee Fee Road.^[2] The building is now a movie theater, after a $17.2 million renovation in 2004.^[3]

The building faces on Kenrick Garden, a city park established in 1896.^[1]

See also

• Scottish Rite Cathedral (St. Louis, Missouri), at 3627 Lindell Boulevard, completed in 1924
• New Masonic Temple (St. Louis, Missouri), at 3681 Lindell, completed in 1926

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Lindell Blvd history". http://stlouis.missouri.org/neighborhoods/history/midtown/lindellBlvd18.htm. 
2. ^ http://www.moolah.org/
3. ^ http://www.stlouiscinemas.com/Moolah/custom.aspx?page=17

Coordinates: 38°38′21″N 90°14′21″W / 38.63917°N 90.23917°W / 38.63917; -90.23917